[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kravtchenko, Vladimir G"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Ndb4 7. Qb1 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd1 Qd5 10. f3 Bf5 11. e4 dxe3 12. Nxe3 Qxf3 13. Qxf5 Qxh1 14. h4 Bd6 15. Qg4 0-0 16. Kf2 Qh2+ 17. Bg2 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Qe4 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhikharev, Valeriy"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. exd6 Nxd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Re1 Qf6 12. c3 h6 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qxf5 Nxf5 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Chembaev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 a6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 c5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 cxd4 8. Qxc4 Be7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Be5 Bc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Rb6 Rd7 24. Rc1 Kd8 25. Rc4 f5 26. Kf3 h5 27. a4 Rc7 28. Rh4 Kc8 29. Ke3 Rc6 30. Rxc6+ bxc6 31. h3 Kd7 32. g4 fxg4 33. hxg4 Ke7 34. gxh5 Rh6 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. e4 e5+ 37. Kc4 c5 38. a5 Kc6 39. Rh1 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Grigoriev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4+ b5 11. Qd1 e6 12. Nxb5 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Bxa6 Nc4 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. 0-0 h6 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Ne4 21. Rcc1 Ra8 22. Ne5 Nxb2 23. g4 Bh7 24. Rc2 Nc4 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. f3 Ng5 27. Ra2 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Nxf4+ 29. exf4 Bd3 30. Rc1 Ra4 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Rc3 Ke7 33. Rb2 Ra7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Rb4 Kd5 36. a4 Kd6 37. Ra3 Kc6 38. a5 Bf1 39. Rb6+ Kc7 40. Rb5 Kc6 41. Rc5+ Kd6 42. Kd2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makovetsky, Boris"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. dxc5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nxe5 9. f4 Nc6 10. b4 Nf6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Bb5 0-0 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Qd3 e5 17. 0-0 Re8 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 Qh4 21. fxe4 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qh3 23. Rf2 Bf4+ 24. Kg1 Bxe3 25. Qf1 Qg3+ 26. Qg2 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Pankina, Larisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c5 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Bxd4 b6 10. Be2 Nc5 11. Nf2 Bd7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. b4 Nb7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qb8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Qd4+ Kf7 21. Ng4 Ke7 22. Rcd1 Nd8 23. Qg7+ Rf7 24. Qh6 Qc7 25. Ba6 Ra8 26. Rc1 Qb8 27. b5 Nb7 28. Qh4+ Kf8 29. Nh6 Nc5 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Ke8 32. Qxg6+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. f5 Kd8 35. fxe6 Nxe6 36. Qg8+ Be8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bratus, Petr P"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bh3+ Bg4 13. Bxg4+ Nxg4 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Nc3 Ke8 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Bf4 Rd7 21. Re3 f6 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qc8+ Kf7 25. Qxb7 Rd8 26. a3 Qa4 27. Rc1 g5 28. Be3 Rd7 29. Qc8 Bf8 30. h3 Qb5 31. Qc2 Kg7 32. Qf5 Rf7 33. Rc2 Qb3 34. Kg2 Bd6 35. Rc6 Bf8 36. Bc1 Qb5 37. Rc3 Bd6 38. h4 gxh4 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Bh6 h3+ 41. Qxh3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Puzyrevsky, Boris M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Bf5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Qd6 15. Ne4 Qa3 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bc7 Rd5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Be6 25. b4 Bc4 26. e4 a6 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Rd7 Be6 29. Re7 g5 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Bd6 Ra8 33. Rc7 Rc8 34. Ra7 Bc4 35. Ke3 h5 36. Kd4 Bb5 37. g3 Re8 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Rg8 40. Be5+ Kg6 41. f5+ Kg5 42. Rxf7 Ra8 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. f6 h4 1-0

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Suleymanyants, Odisey"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Ng5 Bb7 9. Bf3 Qc8 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Nfxg4 15. h3 Nh6 16. e4 Nxc4 17. Re2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Kg7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Re4 b5 21. a4 a6 22. Rh4 Nf5 23. Rxh7+ Kg8 24. g4 Ng7 25. Rh4 b4 26. Ne4 b3 27. d6 Nxd6 28. Nxc5 Rfc8 29. Nxb3 Rxc3 30. Nd2 g5 31. Rh6 f6 32. h4 Nf7 33. hxg5 Nxh6 34. gxh6 Ne6 35. Nf1 Rac8 36. Bd2 R3c4 37. Ne3 Rd4 38. Be1 Kf7 39. a5 Rh8 40. Rb1 Ra4 41. Rb7 Rxh6 42. Bb4 Nf4 43. Rxe7+ Kg6 44. Nc2 Rh7 45. Rxh7 Kxh7 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. Bd2 Rxg4 48. Ke2 Nc5 49. Nb4 Kg6 50. Nd5 Ra4 51. Nc7 Kf5 52. Nd5 Ke6 53. Nb6 Ra2 54. Ke3 Nb3 55. Be1 Nxa5 56. Kd3 Nc6 57. Nc4 f5 58. f3 a5 59. Bd2 Ra1 60. Bc3 Ra4 61. Nd2 Nb4+ 62. Ke2 Nd5 63. Bb2 Ra2 64. Bc1 Nb4 65. Ke3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Vlassow, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Ne1 d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Qc2 Rae8 12. Re1 Ne5 13. d3 exd3 14. exd3 c6 15. Ba3 Re7 16. f4 Neg4 17. Nf1 h5 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qa5 Rfe8 20. Bf3 g6 21. Qb4 c5 22. Qb6 Bf5 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Rd1 Ne3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxb7 Qe6 27. Bc1 Rxd3 28. Rf1 h4 29. Qxa6 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bh3 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bh6+ Kxh6 34. Qf8+ 0-1

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kudryashov, Sergei"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Bf6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bd2 Bg7 15. Kh1 Nef6 16. Nd1 Ng4 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. h3 Bxc3 19. Nexc3 f5 20. Kg1 Nh6 21. Ne3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxf4 23. Nxd6 Ne5 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Nxc5 Nxc4 29. b4 Nd6 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Re3 g5 33. Bf1 Rd8 34. Bd3 h5 35. Bxf5 Kxf5 36. Re7 b6 37. Ne6 Rc8 38. Nd4+ Kf4 39. Ne2+ Kf5 40. Ng3+ Kf4 41. Nxh5+ Kf5 42. Ng3+ Kf4 43. Ne2+ Kf5 44. Kf3 Rd8 45. Ng3+ Kf6 46. Ra7 Ke5 47. Rxa6 Rf8+ 48. Kg2 Nc4 49. Nf1 Kxd5 50. a5 1-0

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Polevoi, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. d3 d5 9. Be3 b6 10. Rd1 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. d4 Ba6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Na3 Rad8 17. Nc2 Nf5 18. Bh3 Bc8 19. Bg2 Nd6 20. Qc1 Ne4 21. Nd2 Ng5 22. h4 Ne6 23. Nf3 f5 24. Re1 f4 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Qd2 Rdf8 27. Rf1 Ba6 28. g4 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 cxd4 30. cxd4 Rc8 31. Nce1 Nxd4 32. Qd3 Qd6 33. Kh3 Ne6 34. Nh2 f3 0-1

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Samsonov, Svyatoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bb5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Bb4 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfc1 Rd8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. g3 a6 15. Qd1 Nf8 16. a3 b5 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. a4 f6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. f5 b4 21. Qb3 Qa5 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nd1 Rac8 24. Ne3 g6 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Rc8 27. Qe2 Rc6 28. Nd2 Qb6 29. Nb3 a5 30. Qf3 Nd7 31. Bb5 Rc7 32. Nxd5 Qb7 33. Nxf6+ Nxf6 34. Qxf6 Bxb3 35. Qxd6 Rf7 36. Qc6 Qa7 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Qxc4 Kg7 39. Qc5 Qd7 40. Qe5+ Kh6 41. b3 Rf5 42. Qe3+ Kg7 43. Re1 Qf7 44. Rc1 Rf3 45. Qe5+ Kh6 46. d5 Rc3 47. Rd1 Rf3 48. Rd4 g5 49. h4 Rf5 50. hxg5+ Rxg5 51. Qe3 Kh5 52. d6 Qd7 53. Qe7 Qxe7 54. dxe7 Re5 55. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Zhikharev, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. Be2 Nf5 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. g4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. Ra2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. exd4 e5 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 e4 19. Ne1 Kd7 20. Kh1 Kc7 21. Ng2 Bf8 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. b4 Bh6 24. Ne6+ Kb8 25. Qh5 Qa6 26. Re1 Qd3 27. Qxh6 Qf3+ 28. Rg2 Nxf5 29. Qf4+ Qxf4 30. Nxf4 axb4 31. axb4 Rhd8 32. Rg4 Rc6 33. Ng2 Nd6 34. Ne3 Nb5 35. Rd1 Ra6 36. Nc2 Ra4 37. Ne3 Ra1 38. Rf1 Rd7 39. Rg8+ Kc7 40. Rgg1 Ra2 41. Rxf6 Re2 42. Nxd5+ Rxd5 43. Rh6 Rd7 44. d5 Rc2 45. Re6 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Petukhov, Gennadiy"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. a3 d6 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxc4 14. Bxa7 Nd7 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb5 b6 17. 0-0 Rc5 18. Qa4 e6 19. Kh1 Be5 20. Rg1 Bxh2 21. Rg4 Be5 22. f4 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 25. Rg2 Qc7 26. Qd4 Nd7 27. f5 Nc6 28. Qe3 Nxa7 29. Qh6 exf5 30. exf5 Nf6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Bd3 Qg7 33. Qg5 Nc6 34. f4 Kh8 35. f5 Ne5 36. fxg6 Nxd3 37. Qd2 Ne4 38. Qxd3 Nf2+ 39. Rxf2 Rxf2 40. Kg1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Pskov-ch"]
[Site "Pskov"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Momotov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nh4 cxd4 17. Nf5 Bb4 18. Qd3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Qxd4 Qc2 22. Qxb4 Qxb2 23. Qe7 h6 24. Nf1 Qe5 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. N5e3 Nc5 27. Qf8 d4 28. Nc4 Qxe2 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qxf7 Nc5 31. Ncd2 Nd3 32. Qb7 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Ne1 34. a4 h5 35. h3 Kh6 36. b4 a6 37. Qc6 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Qa8 Kh7 40. Qc6 Kg6 41. Qb7 Nc2 42. Qxb5 Ne3 43. Qd3+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Pogorelyi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bc4 e6 9. 0-0 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solgalov, Victor"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rxg2 9. Nge2 Rg6 10. Qe3 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 Ng4 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4+ 14. Nxf4 Qg5 15. h4 Qh6 16. Kb1 Rf6 17. Nh3 e5 18. dxe5 Rf3 19. Qg2 Ngxe5 20. Ng5 Qg7 21. Rhg1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 0-0-0 23. Qxe4 Qf6 24. Qe2 h6 25. Ne4 Qxh4 26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. f3 Bxf3 29. Qd2+ Ke7 30. Re1 Qg3 31. Nxb7 h5 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Qd8+ Ke6 34. Nc5+ Kf5 35. Rf1+ Nf3 36. Nd3 h4 37. Qe7 Kg6 38. Kb2 Kg7 39. Qc5 Be4 40. Qe3 f5 41. Nc5 Qg4 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. Nxc7 h3 44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. Qe6+ Kg7 46. Rd1 Qg6 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Rd6 h2 49. Qf8+ Kh5 50. Rxg6 Kxg6 51. Qh8 Nh4 52. Ne6 Kf7 53. Ng5+ Ke7 54. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Semenov, Evgeny D"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. Be3 g6 12. Qd2 Ng7 13. Kh1 f5 14. Bh6 Nf6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rae1 Bg5 20. Qe2 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Bd7 22. Qe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxe7+ Rf7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Be4 Kf6 26. h3 Ne3 27. Bd3 Ke5 28. Kg1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. cxb5 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Kxd5 32. b4 Bxb5 33. Bxb5 Rxb5 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Rxf5+ Ke4 36. Rf7 c4 37. Kf2 h5 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Kd1 Rh2 40. Rf4+ Ke3 41. Rxc4 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Burkov, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. h3 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Ned7 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. Bxd6 Qg5 18. Bxc5 f4 19. e5 Bxh3 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Kh8 23. Bf3 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd7 Bg7 26. Bd6 Re8 27. Qd1 Nf6 28. Rxb7 Qa5 29. Qc2 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krylov, Stanislav Ivanovich"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4 0-0 9. Re1 a5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. c3 b5 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nd7 17. Ra1 Qb8 18. f4 Qb5 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. d4 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nb3 23. Rb1 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Nb5 26. Bf1 a4 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Rec2 Rfb8 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Ra1 Rb3 31. g5 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. h4 Kd7 34. Ke3 Kc6 35. Kd3 Rb7 36. Rf2 Raa7 37. Kc2 Kb5 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Kc2 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Chembaev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. bxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavlov, Anatoli A"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 e6 6. Qg3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nxc5 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. 0-0 Rb8 12. b3 a5 13. Be3 g6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bh6 Qb6 16. a3 Nd7 17. Qf4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qa7 19. Rfe1 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. a4 Rb4 23. h3 h6 24. Na2 Rb6 25. Rb1 g5 26. c3 Qa3 27. Nc1 Ba6 28. Nd4 Ke7 29. Nc2 Qc5 30. Nd4 Rfb8 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Ke8 33. Qe3 Qf8 34. Ra1 Nc5 35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Nxc6 Rb3 38. Qe2 R8b6 39. Nd4 Rb2 40. Qe3 Ne4 41. a5 Rb8 42. a6 Qc5 43. Rec1 Qa7 44. Qa3 Qxd4 45. Rf1 Qa7 0-1

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2009.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Bezobrazov, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. g3 Nge7 7. e4 f5 8. Bg2 a6 9. 0-0 g6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. d5 Nd8 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Bxd8 Kxd8 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Rad1+ Bd6 18. Nxg6 Qxg6 19. Qh4+ Ke8 20. Qd4 Rf8 21. Rfe1+ Kd8 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Pavlov, Anatoli A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Qa5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Qf4 Qb4 16. a3 Qe7 17. b4 g5 18. Qc7 Nf6 19. Qb6 Nd8 20. Na4 Ne8 21. Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Bxh7 a5 23. Nc5 axb4 24. Qxb4 f5 25. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stebunov, Alexander A"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. d4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qb3 cxd4 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Kd1 Nxa2 17. Rb1 Be7 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Bb5 Ke7 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Ke2 Nb8 23. h4 Nc6 24. h5 gxh5 25. gxh5 f6 26. Rcg1 Kf7 27. Rg6 Ne7 28. Rg2 Rc2+ 29. Kd3 Rxb2 30. Rhg1 Ra8 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Kf4 Nxg7 34. h6 Nf5 35. Rg6 Rxf2 36. h7 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Karpov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. b3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Bb2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Ne2 Re8 14. 0-0 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qa5 17. Nf4 Bc6 18. Qa1 d4 19. Bxd4 Qg5 20. f3 Nh5 21. Nxh5 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxh5 23. e4 Rcd8 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. Qf2 Qa5 26. a4 b5 27. Qc5 Rec8 28. Bxb5 Bxe4 29. Qd4 Bf5 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Qf6 Qc7 32. Rfe1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Re8 34. a5 Bc2 35. Rc1 Qa7+ 36. Kf1 Bf5 37. Qb6 Qxb6 38. axb6 Rb8 39. Ke2 Rxb6 40. Kd2 h5 41. Kc3 Be6 42. Re1 Rc6 43. Re4 Kf8 44. b4 Ke7 45. b5 Rc7 46. Kb4 Kd6 47. Bxe6 fxe6 48. Rd4+ Ke5 49. Rd2 g5 50. b6 Rc1 51. Rd3 Rb1+ 52. Rb3 Rxb3+ 53. Kxb3 Kd6 54. Kb4 Kc6 55. Ka5 Kb7 56. Kb5 e5 57. h3 g4 58. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Yakkimaienen, Vjaino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rfe8 13. 0-0-0 e4 14. Be2 d5 15. Kb1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Ra5 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Bd1 Rf5 19. Rf1 h5 20. Bc2 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 b5 22. Bb3 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. Bb3 h4 25. Kc2 Rg5 26. Rg1 Rf5 27. Rgf1 Rg5 28. Rg1 Nfd5 29. Be1 Ra8 30. Kd1 Na4 31. Rc2 Nab6 32. Ke2 Re8 33. Rb2 Re7 34. a4 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Elesin, Evgeny F"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. 0-0 e6 6. d3 Be7 7. c3 c6 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 b5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e4 g5 13. e5 Nh7 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. d4 c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qa5 18. a4 Nb6 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. b3 Rfc8 21. Re1 Rc3 22. Rb1 Rac8 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Bd2 R3c7 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Kg2 Nf8 27. Qe2 g6 28. Rh1 f5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. h4 gxh4 31. g5 Bg7 32. Rxh4 Qe8 33. Rbh1 Nbd7 34. Bf4 Rc3 35. b4 Qe7 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. R1h3 Ra2 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Qe1 Rb2 40. Qh1 Rxd2 41. Nxd2 Qxb4 42. Nf3 Rc3 43. Ne5 Nxe5 44. dxe5 Qe7 45. Rh8+ Bxh8 46. Rxh8+ Kf7 47. Bxg6+ Kxg6 48. Qh6+ Kf5 49. Rxf8+ Ke4 50. Qh4+ Kd3 51. Rf3+ Kc2 52. Qa4+ Kb2 53. Qb5+ Kc2 54. Qe2+ Kb3 55. Qd1+ Kb2 56. Qd2+ Rc2 57. Qd4+ Kc1 58. Qa1+ Kd2 59. Qd4+ Kc1 60. Qf4+ Kb2 61. g6 Rc4 62. Qd2+ Rc2 63. Qd4+ Kc1 64. Rg3 Qg7 1-0

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Krylov, Stanislav Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 d5 4. e5 Be6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Qc3 Nd7 8. Nf3 f6 9. Bd3 Bh6 10. 0-0 fxe5 11. dxe5 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nh6 13. Nd4 Nf8 14. b4 Nf5 15. f4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rg8 17. Nc3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qd3 e6 20. Ne2 a6 21. a4 Rg7 22. Nd4 Kf7 23. b5 Ng6 24. Qe3 Ne7 25. bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rcb1 Ra7 27. Rb6 Ra6 28. Rab1 Rxb6 29. cxb6 Qd8 30. Nf3 h6 31. a5 Qa8 32. Ra1 Qa6 33. Nd4 c5 34. Nb3 d4 35. Qf3 Qb5 36. Rc1 c4 37. Nxd4 Qxa5 38. Qc3 Qxb6 39. Qxc4 Nd5 40. Kh1 Qb2 41. Rc2 Qb1+ 42. Rc1 Qe4 43. Nf3 Qxf4 44. Qc8 Qb4 45. Qd7+ Qe7 46. Qb5 Kg6 47. g3 Kh7 48. Qd3 Qb4 49. Rf1 Qc3 50. Qb1 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mishuchkov, Nikolai Mikhailovic"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bg7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nfd7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qa3 e5 14. d5 a5 15. e4 Re8 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Na4 Qxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. Ne1 Kf7 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Ke6 24. Bxa5 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nc5 26. Nxc5+ Bxc5 27. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Chembaev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 9. Nbd2 a5 10. 0-0 a4 11. a3 Qe7 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Qe4 Nb6 19. Bf1 f6 20. Nf3 Ra5 21. Rad1 Re8 22. h4 Bd7 23. Bd3 g6 24. c5 Nd5 25. h5 f5 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Ne5 Ra7 29. Qd2 Rh8 30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Ng8 33. Bc4 Bc8 34. Qc3 Nf6 35. Qe3 Ng8 36. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Northwest-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Petrozavodsk"]
[Date "2008.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khachemizov, Kazbek I"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. f3 Nh5 7. Nge2 0-0 8. Be3 Bg5 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 a6 11. h4 Nd7 12. g4 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Qxf4 Ne5 15. Be2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Qe3 b4 19. Nd1 Ng6 20. Qg5 Qd4 21. Qe3 Qe5 22. Qf2 Nf4 23. Qh2 Re8 24. Bc4 Bxg4 25. Be2 Bh5 26. 0-0 Nxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Qxd5 28. Ne3 Qxe4 29. Rad1 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Zharkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. h4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bh7+ Kf8 15. Bg6 f6 16. Nd3 Qa5 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. 0-0 Qxc3 19. Qe2 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Qa5 21. Rab1 Bd6 22. Nd3 b6 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. e4 Qxa2 25. e5 Be7 26. Nf4 fxe5 27. dxe5 Kd8 28. Qg4 g5 29. Ng6 Bc5 30. Rbd1 Kc7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 a5 33. Rd2 Qc4 34. Rfd1 Rd8 35. Nh8 Rxh8 36. Rxd7+ Kb8 37. Rf7 Qa6 38. Rdd7 Rc8 39. Qg4 b5 40. Qxe6 a4 41. Rd2 a3 42. Qb3 Qa5 43. Re2 Qb4 44. Qa2 Qd4 45. Rf3 b4 46. Qb3 Rc7 47. Rd3 Qg4 48. Rc2 Be7 49. Rc4 Qe2 50. Rxb4+ Bxb4 51. Qxb4+ Rb7 52. Qf8+ Ka7 53. Rxa3+ Kb6 54. Qd8+ Kc5 55. Qd6+ Kb6 56. Ra1 Qb2 57. Rf1 Kb5 58. e6 Qb4 59. Qxb4+ Kxb4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kapeljus, Lazar"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Qd1 Ngf6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. f4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 0-0 14. 0-0 b4 15. Ne2 c5 16. e4 c4 17. Bc2 Be7 18. Ng3 Rfd8 19. Be3 a5 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Qf3 Qb7 22. d5 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. d6 b3 25. axb3 cxb3 26. Bb1 a4 27. Qe2 Qa7 28. Kh1 a3 29. bxa3 Qxa3 30. e5 Ne8 31. Ne4 Nd7 32. Rcd1 Qa4 33. Qh5 g6 34. Qh4 b2 35. f5 Qc4 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Ajrapetian, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 Nb6 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. Nfe5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Rac1 0-0 17. Nxb6 Bxb6 18. Qb3 Bc7 19. Bd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grinkevich, Sergey"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. g3 e6 9. Qe2 a5 10. Bh3 Qc7 11. Ng5 Ndb8 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Ngf3 b5 14. g4 Nd7 15. Re1 Ba6 16. f5 0-0-0 17. g5 exf5 18. Bxf5 g6 19. Bg4 Kb8 20. Nf1 Bc8 21. Bf4 Nf8 22. Bxc8 Kxc8 23. Bg3 Ne6 24. c4 bxc4 25. dxc4 d4 26. N1d2 Nb4 27. Rec1 d3 28. Qg2 Qb7 29. Qf2 Rd7 30. Rc3 Bxg5 31. Nb3 Nc2 32. Nxc5 Qxb2 33. Nxg5 Qxa1+ 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kh3 Nxg5+ 36. Kg4 Nef3 37. Nxd7 Qxc3 38. Qc5+ Kd8 39. Qb6+ Ke8 40. Qb8+ Kxd7 41. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Kleiman, Boris Moiseevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 e6 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. Bh4 h6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. 0-0 g5 13. Bg3 Ng4 14. e4 Bxg3 15. hxg3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Nb4 18. Qb3 Nxd3 19. Qxb7 0-0 20. Nxd3 Rfb8 21. Qc7 Nd5 22. Qc2 Bb5 23. Nfe5 Rb7 24. Rfe1 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Nb4 26. Nxb4 Qxb4 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Red1 Qxb2 29. Rc6 Rb6 30. Rxb6 Qxb6 31. Rd2 Qb4 32. Qe3 Rd5 33. Qe2 a5 34. Rd1 a4 35. Rc1 Qxd4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc4 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd2 40. Rxa4 Rxf2 41. g4 Kg6 42. Kg3 Rf1 43. Ra6 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. a4 Kg6 46. a5 Kf5 47. Ra7 f6 48. a6 Ra1 49. Ra8 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. g3+ Kg4 52. a7 f5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanets, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nd2 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 0-0 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Be7 10. Ngf3 b5 11. g3 c4 12. d4 b4 13. Bg2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. 0-0 Bd7 17. g4 Rb2 18. Kh1 Rc2 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxa2 21. f5 exf5 22. Ne1 f4 23. Qxf4 Be6 24. Nef3 Qb2 25. Nf1 a5 26. Qd2 Qb5 27. Ne3 a4 28. Nf5 a3 29. Qc2 Rb8 30. Nxe7+ Nxe7 31. Ng5 Ng6 32. Rf1 Qb3 33. Qf2 Qb2 34. Qf3 a2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Zhukov, Viktor Andreevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 a5 8. g3 b5 9. Nf4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Na6 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. Re1 e5 13. Nh5 0-0 14. e4 Ba6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 c5 20. Rac1 Qc8 21. Qb5 d6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qa8 24. bxc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurin, Anatolij"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. Nc3 Nxc5 5. f3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 Ne6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. 0-0 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Qd8 14. b3 Qf8 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Rbc1 Nd7 17. Bc2 b6 18. Nd5 Bb7 19. Rf1 Qd8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Rce1 a5 22. a4 Nec5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Be3 Bg7 25. Nec3 Bc6 26. Bf4 Ra7 27. Qf2 Rb7 28. Rd1 Qf8 29. Qg3 Rd8 30. h4 Ne5 31. Be3 Kh8 32. Rd2 Bd7 33. Rfd1 Rc8 34. Ne2 Nf7 35. Nd4 e6 36. Nc3 f5 37. Ndb5 Bxb5 38. Nxb5 fxe4 39. fxe4 Be5 40. Bf4 Qh6 41. Rf2 Qh5 42. Rdf1 Rd7 43. Rd2 Rcd8 44. Qh3 Bxf4 45. Rxf4 Qe5 46. Qf3 Kg8 47. Rf2 Qg7 48. Qe3 Ne5 49. Rd2 Nc6 50. Rf1 Qe5 51. Qf3 Nb4 52. Bb1 Qg7 53. Rfd1 Qe5 54. Rf2 Nc6 55. Bc2 Qg7 56. Re1 Nd4 57. Nxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Anisimov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. 0-0-0 a5 12. Rhg1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. g4 Nf8 15. h4 Bd7 16. g5 h5 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 g6 19. f4 Kg7 20. Kb1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Qxh5 Rh8 25. Qe2 Rxh4 26. Rh1 Rah8 27. Rxh4 Rxh4 28. Qe1 Rh3 29. Qxa5 Rxe3 30. Rh1 Nxf4 31. Rh6 Qe7 32. Rf6 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Qxe5 34. a3 Ng6 35. Qc3 Qe4+ 36. Qc2 f4 37. a4 f3 38. b3 Ne5 39. Kb2 Nd3+ 40. Ka1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Deriabina, Svetlana"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 a6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 Ngf6 8. f3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Rb1 e5 11. d5 Ne8 12. b4 f5 13. Na4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 b6 15. Qc2 Qd8 16. Bd3 Qh4 17. Ng3 Bh6 18. Bf2 Qd8 19. Rfe1 Ra7 20. Ne4 Ndf6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Naxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Rc7 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Qb2 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Rf1 Ng4 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Rf1 Qe3 32. Qe2 Qh6 33. h3 Ne3 34. Rf3 Bc5 35. Rf6 Bd4 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Bxa6 Bxh3 38. gxh3 Qxh3+ 39. Qh2 Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Ng4+ 41. Kg3 Nxf6 42. Bd3 Ba3 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Bf1 Ke7 45. Bd3 Kd6 46. Kg3 Kc5 47. Kf3 Kd4 48. Bc2 h5 49. Bb1 h4 50. Bc2 g5 51. Ba4 g4+ 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorov, Oleg"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nh6 4. c3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf5 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Nd6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bg5 e6 13. Qd2 c5 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bb3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Be7 Re8 19. Qd8 Qc6 20. Rd6 h6 21. Qa5 b6 22. Rxc6 bxa5 23. Rc7 Rb8 24. Ba3 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Bxb7 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Bd6 a4 28. Nd4 Rd8 29. Bc5 Bc4 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 Bxb3 32. Ra1 Bd5 33. Rxa7 Rb8 34. Ra1 Bf6 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Bb6 Be7 37. Nf3 Ba3 38. Rc2 f6 39. Be3 Kf7 40. c4 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Bxc4 42. Bxh6 Bd5 43. Be3 g5 44. Nd2 Kg6 45. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Kalugin, Sergey V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Rc1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 c5 14. Bb1 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Nf4 Bc8 18. Qc2 g6 19. dxc5 Bf5 20. Qe2 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 bxc5 22. Qa6 Bd6 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. b4 Qc8 25. Qa4 Rc7 26. b5 a6 27. Na5 Qd7 28. Rfd1 axb5 29. Qxb5 Bxf4 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. gxf4 Ra8 32. Nb3 c4 33. Nc1 Ne4 34. Rb2 Nc3 35. Rdd2 Ra3 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Rdc2 d4 39. exd4 Rxd4 40. f3 Rxf4 41. Rxc3 Rxc3 42. Ne2 Re3 43. Kf2 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rd3+ 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. g4 Kc5 48. Rb7 f5+ 49. gxf5 gxf5+ 50. Kf4 c3 51. a4 Kc4 52. a5 Rd5 53. Rc7+ Rc5 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Kuzin, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 c6 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Nd6 10. Bb3 c5 11. Nge2 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Rh3 Bb7 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bd2 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Nf4 g6 22. Ra4 Bh6 23. Rxb4 Ba8 24. Rc3 Kf7 25. d6+ e6 26. Rc7 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Rb8 28. Ra4 Rb6 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Be3 Rb5 31. Bd4 Rb8 32. Bc4 Rh5 33. Rb4 Rxh4 34. Raxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Moiseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nh3 Nc5 11. Nf2 a5 12. 0-0 Nh5 13. Na4 b6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nc3 f5 16. Bf1 f4 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Bb5 Bc8 19. a4 Bf6 20. Rf1 Bh4 21. Nh1 Ra7 22. Qd2 Rg7 23. Ra3 g5 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Rb3 h5 26. Rb8 Qc7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Nb5 Qd8 29. Na3 g4 30. Nc4 gxf3 31. Bxf3 Ng4 32. Qxa5 Qxa5 33. Nxa5 Ne3 34. Nc6 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Rb7 36. Nf2 Rxb2 37. Nd1 Ra2 38. a5 Bd8 39. Nc3 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Bxa5 41. Nb5 Bb4 42. Nxd6 Rfa8 43. Nc4 R8a2+ 44. Kd3 Rc1 45. Nxb4 cxb4 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Skorohodov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nc4 Ra7 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Nxb6 Nbd7 15. a5 Ne5 16. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Yurchenkov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Nc1 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. N1e2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nc1 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nb3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. Bd3 f5 20. Rac1 f4 21. Bf2 Kf7 22. b4 Ke7 23. a4 g5 24. h4 h6 25. a5 Nf6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. b5 axb5 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. Rxb5 Rfc8 30. Rhb1 Nd7 31. Rxb7 Nc5 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. a6 Kd8 34. a7 Bf8 35. Ba6 c4 36. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. 0-0 g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. h3 Nf6 14. b3 Nfe8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ne4 exf4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxf4 Nd6 21. Bg5 Qe5 22. Bf6 Qe8 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Rae1 Nge8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Ne4 b5 27. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. h4 d4 10. h5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 dxc3 12. Rh3 Qc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rxc3 Qe5+ 15. Be2 Qe6 16. b4 g6 17. Bb2 f6 18. Re3 Qf7 19. Bc4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abramov, Valentin"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. 0-0 0-0-0 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. Qxh4 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bf6 17. Qh3+ Kb8 18. Nf4 Qc3 19. Qh5 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21. Qxf7 Rd2 22. Qb3 b6 23. c4 Rg8 24. Qh3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Isaev, Evgeniy N"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Be3 a6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ne8 10. Bg4 g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Qe2 Nfh5 15. Nh3 Bxh4 16. g4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Bxf4 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. 0-0-0 fxe4 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Nxe4 Rc7 23. Rdg1 Kh8 24. Qd3 Ne8 25. Bg5 Rg8 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6 27. Ng5 Rcg7 28. f4 Qd7 29. Rg3 b5 30. Rgh3 bxc4 31. Qc3 Rf8 32. Rxh7+ Rxh7 33. Rxh7+ Qxh7 34. Nxh7 Kxh7 35. Qxc4 Ra8 36. Qd3+ Kg7 37. Qf5 Re8 38. Qd3 Ra8 39. f5 Ne8 40. Qg3+ Kf6 41. Qg6+ Ke5 42. Qe6+ Kd4 43. f6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iskakov, Aibek"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. h4 Ne7 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. h5 Nd5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Qg3 Qc7 23. Bf4 Qxc3 24. Be5 Nh5 25. Qh2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Kg7 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharashkina, Bairta"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Nxd5 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nge7 14. 0-0-0 0-0 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. g5 Qf5 17. Ne3 Qxg5 18. Ng4 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. Qe5 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nf3 23. Qxa5 Bxa5 24. Be3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxa7 b6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bh6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Re8 18. c4 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bc1 Bf6 21. Ba4 Re7 22. Bh6 Na5 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. cxd5 Qd6 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Grechanovskaya, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf4 c6 9. b4 d5 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4+ Kh8 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Bb4 14. 0-0 g5 15. Nh3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Ba3 Rg8 19. Rac1 Qf6 20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Kg7 22. Rfc1 Kh6 23. R1c7 Na6 24. bxa6 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Qxa6 26. Be7 Qe2 27. Bxg5+ Kg7 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Rc1 Qd2 30. Rf1 Qc2 31. Nf4 Qxa4 32. Rc1 Qb3 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. h3 a4 36. Ne6 Qb6 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Re7 Kg8 39. Bf6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Iljin, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. b4 Raf8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. a4 Nf5 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rf4 21. Qxa7 Bxe5 22. g3 Qg7 23. Kh1 R4f7 24. Rcd1 Qg6 25. Bd3 Qh5 26. f4 Bg7 27. Qe3 Qh3 28. Qf3 Rc7 29. Ne3 Rc3 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Ra3 32. f5 Bd7 33. fxe6 Bxe6 34. Nf5 Rxa4 35. Nxg7 Ra2+ 36. Kg1 Kxg7 37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. Bxh7 Ke7 39. g4 Rb2 40. Re1 Kf6 41. Bf5 Bxf5 42. Rf1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Mirovshchikov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. Rhg1 Re8 13. g4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. g5 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxg5 Ne6 21. Rg3 Kf8 22. f4 g6 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Ke7 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26. e4 Re7 27. Rf1 Rh8 28. Rgf3 Rxh2 29. exd5+ cxd5 30. Rf6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 d6 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. e3 Qe7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qc3 0-0-0 17. Be2 Kb8 18. g4 f5 19. 0-0-0 Ne5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Rh2 h5 22. Qc2 Ng4 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. Nf1 h4 25. Qf5 Rhf8 26. Qc2 Rf6 27. Qe2 Rdf8 28. Qxg4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Voronezh op 5th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2001.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Meshcheriakova, Evgenia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 f5 11. f3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. e3 d6 14. Kf2 Nd7 15. Qa4 Ke7 16. Re1 c5 17. Qc2 e5 18. Kg1 Kd8 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Kc7 21. a4 a5 22. d5 Rcf8 23. Nd2 h5 24. Nb1 e4 25. f4 h4 26. Qf2 hxg3 27. Qxg3 g4 28. Be2 Rxh1+ 29. Kxh1 Rh8+ 30. Kg1 Qg7 31. Kf2 Nf6 32. Ke1 Nh5 33. Qf2 g3 34. Qg1 Nf6 35. Kd2 Rh2 36. Re1 Ng8 37. Kc2 Ne7 38. Nd2 Qh6 39. Kb3 Ng6 40. Kc2 Nh4 41. Bf1 Qg7 42. Kb3 Bc8 43. Ra1 Bd7 44. Rc1 Be8 45. Ka3 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Voronezh op 5th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Belenov, Dmitry N"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4 0-0 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. c3 a5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e5 Nh7 15. Nb3 g5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. d4 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. Kg2 g6 23. Rh1 Nh7 24. h4 gxh4 25. f4 Rc7 26. g5 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 5th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander Jr"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Bf5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Bg3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nd2 0-0 14. f4 Nc5 15. Bf2 Na4 16. Bxa4 Rxa4 17. g3 Rfa8 18. a3 g5 19. Rg1 Bg6 20. h4 gxf4 21. gxf4 h5 22. Be3 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. b3 Nc2+ 25. Kf2 R4a6 26. Rac1 Nxe3 27. Kxe3 Rxa3 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. f5 exf5 30. e6 f4+ 31. Kxf4 Rxd2 32. exf7+ Kf8 33. Rxg6 Rf2+ 34. Kg5 Rxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxb6 Ra7 37. Kxh5 Kg7 38. b4 Kh7 39. Kg5 Kg7 40. h5 Kh7 41. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 5th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aleinikov, Philip V"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. h4 Qb6 12. Be3 f6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 Kf7 16. f4 Ne7 17. Kf2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rb8 19. b3 Nc8 20. Rae1 Nd6 21. Qd3 f5 22. h5 gxh5 23. gxh5 Rh6 24. Rh3 Qa5 25. a4 Ne4+ 26. Ke2 Rbh8 27. Reh1 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 Rxh5 29. Rxh5 Ng3+ 30. Kf3 Nxh5 31. Bd2 Qb6 32. Be1 Nf6 33. a5 Qb5 34. c4 Qa6 35. Qc3 Qb7 36. Bh4 Ne4 37. Qd3 Qa6 38. Kg2 Qxa5 39. Qf3 Qd2+ 40. Kh1 g6 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. c5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Re1 b6 15. Qc2 h6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Rac1 Qd6 19. Qc5 Rd8 20. b4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Nc5 Ke8 26. a4 a6 27. f4 Kd8 28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Ke3 Kc7 30. Kd3 Kb6 31. f5 Kc7 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rf1 Kd6 34. Rf8 Kc7 35. h4 Bb7 36. Ke3 e5 37. dxe5 Rxe5+ 38. Kd4 Re7 39. Nxb7 Kxb7 40. Kxd5 Rd7+ 41. Ke5 Kc6 42. Rc8+ Kb6 43. Rc4 h5 44. g4 Rd8 45. gxh5 Rh8 46. Kf5 Rh6 47. Re4 Rf6+ 48. Kg5 Rd6 49. Re7 Rd5+ 50. Kg6 Rd4 51. a5+ Kc6 52. Re6+ Kd7 53. Rxa6 Rg4+ 54. Kf7 Rxh4 55. Rb6 Rxh5 56. a6 Kc7 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. Kxg7 Rf5 59. b5 Rg5+ 60. Kf6 Rh5 61. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chasovnikova, Eugenia"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. d5 Nf6 11. d6 Qb7 12. b3 Nbd7 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc6 15. Qd4 0-0 16. 0-0 e5 17. Qh4 Ne4 18. Rac1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxd6 20. Rd3 Qg6 21. Bd5 Rb8 22. Be4 f5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Ng5 Rfb8 27. Rc6 Nf6 28. g3 Rb4 29. e4 h6 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Rxe4 32. Kh1 Re2 33. Rg1 Qh5 34. Qxh5 Nxh5 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Nxh6 Rbb2 37. Rg5 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 Nxf4 39. Rg3 Rxh6 40. Re3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Ivashko, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Ng3 c5 10. Be2 Rb8 11. 0-0 h5 12. Rb1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 15. Nc3 Ne8 16. f4 h4 17. Nh1 Rb4 18. Nf2 Qb8 19. Qc2 Nc7 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Qc8 22. Ng4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qe2 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Nxd5 27. Bd2 Kh7 28. Qh5 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Bxc3 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Rf4 Qe8 33. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Khachatryan, Vahagn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. Qd2 Ne8 9. g4 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. 0-0-0 f4 12. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Nachev, Sergei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Nh4 Be4 11. f3 Bg6 12. Na4 Nh5 13. Bg3 Bb4+ 14. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Black "Ushakova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. e3 Bg4 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. h3 Be6 12. g4 c5 13. 0-0-0 Rc8 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qa5 16. Kb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rhg1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc5 23. Be7 Nd3 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. f4 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Qb6+ 27. Qb3 Qxe3 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Qxf4 30. Re1 Qf3 31. Qxe4 Qxc3 32. Rc1 Qf3 33. Qb4 Rf4 34. Qb2 Qd3+ 35. Ka1 Rf1 36. h4 Rxc1+ 37. Qxc1 Qd4+ 38. Kb1 Qxh4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxb7 Qe1+ 41. Kb2 Qf2+ 42. Ka3 Kh6 43. Qh1+ Kg5 44. Qd5+ Qf5 45. Qg2+ Kf6 46. Qb2+ Kg6 47. Qg2+ Kh7 48. Qh2+ Kg8 49. Ka4 Qd7+ 50. Ka5 g5 51. Qe5 g4 52. a4 Kf7 53. Qf4+ Kg6 54. Ka6 Qe6+ 55. Kxa7 Qf7+ 56. Qxf7+ Kxf7 57. a5 g3 58. a6 g2 59. Kb8 g1Q 60. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 Ne8 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. Rb1 b6 12. h3 Nc7 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Be3 g6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bg7 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. Rf3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Nxb5 21. cxb5 Nf6 22. Bf2 Qh6 23. Qf1 Bd7 24. Be3 Bxb5 25. Qf2 Rfe8 26. f5 g5 27. Re1 Qh4 28. Bd2 Nd7 29. f6 Bf8 30. Rf5 h6 31. Qf3 Bc4 32. Bc3 Ne5 33. Qe3 Nd3 34. Ref1 Kh8 35. R5f2 Nxf2 36. Rxf2 Bxd5 37. Nf5 Qh5 38. Bf3 Qg6 39. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savitskaya, Ekaterina P"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 a6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Ne8 11. Be3 g6 12. Nd2 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Nb3 f5 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Ng7 19. Rae1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Ng5 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Nh4 25. Qf2 Rae8 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Nf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Nd2 Re7 30. Rf3 Rfe8 31. Rfe3 Kg7 32. Nf3 Ne4 33. Nh4 Kf6 34. Kg2 Rxe6 35. Rd1 cxb4 36. axb4 Rc8 37. Rd4 b5 38. cxb5 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 axb5 40. g4 Ng3 41. Rxe6+ Kxe6 42. gxf5+ Nxf5 43. Nxf5 Kxf5 44. Rxd6 Kxf4 45. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Melkonyan, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. Ne4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc4 Bd6 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Qf4 Rhf8 20. c4 c5 21. Bc3 Nf5 22. f3 g5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 1/2-1/2

